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Association of α/β-Hydrolase D16B with Bovine Conception Rate and Sperm Plasma Membrane Lipid Composition.
International journal of molecular sciences - 17 Jan 2020
Shan Shuwen, Xu Fangzheng, Bleyer Martina, Becker Svenja, Melbaum Torben, Wemheuer Wilhelm, Hirschfeld Marc, Wacker Christin, Zhao Shuhong, Schütz Ekkehard, Brenig Bertram
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a Holstein sire named Tarantino who had been approved for artificial insemination that is based on normal semen characteristics (i.e., morphology, thermoresistance, motility, sperm concentration), but had no progeny after 412 first inseminations, resulting in a non-return rate (NRdev) of -29. Using whole genome association analysis and next generation sequencing, an associated nonsense variant...
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